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Reviews Gone Bad: The Learners; The Book After the Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd

by Nate Voss on August 5, 2009 at 6:43 pm

Welcome back to the as-promised sequel to the last book review,The Learners, once again by Chip Kidd. Not that anyone is going to notice, but please, before you rage-out on us for bestowing this fit and well-groomed celebrity designer’s book less than a perfect 5-star review, give the video a watch. I’ve been told on good authority that our reviews will play directly in-window now (hooray) so everyone thank Donovan for that before telling him how wrong he is. Word.

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Reviews Gone Bad: Cheese Monkeys; A Novel In Two Semesters by Chip Kidd

by Nate Voss on July 24, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Posted In: Reviews Gone Bad, Video

Donovan plunges into some oldie-but-goodie books this week, starting with the you-probably need-to-read-just-because-you’re-a-designer Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd. D wanted to preface this by saying that it’s a work of fiction, and so he felt like he had to hold it to those standards, which, as a category, also includes these works. So, as before, know your bar. We’ll be back soon with Donovan’s take on Kidd’s sequel, The Learners.